About Northwestern Medicine

Northwestern Medicine is the shared strategic vision of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to transform the future of healthcare and become one of the nation’s premier destinations for patient care. Each day, 26,500 clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty and medical students come together with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has a national reputation for excellence and long history of collaborative, interdisciplinary medical education and research. In 2015, it was ranked 19th among the nation’s top research-intensive schools of medicine by U.S. News & World Report, and 18th in National Institutes of Health funding. More than 3,400 faculty members teach, practice medicine, conduct research at the medical school, and its academic portfolio includes full-time MD, MD-PhD, Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant programs, graduate medical education and continuing medical education. In affiliation with the member hospitals of the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, the school offers 27 fully approved residency programs and dozens of advanced-level fellowships. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the school served 638 medical students, 879 PhD students and research fellows, 647 master’s and professional program students, and 1,135 residents and fellows. Last year, Northwestern Medicine scientists received $402.7 million in funding for research awards.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) is the corporate parent for the Northwestern Medicine health system whose medical staff of more than 4,000 includes more than 1,000 residents and fellows and nearly 1,500 employed physicians who are part of the Northwestern Medical Group or the Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group. In 2014, the health system served more than 600,000 patients at its nearly 70 diagnostic and ambulatory sites across Chicago including six hospitals; Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Community Hospital in Dekalb and Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital in Sandwich.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is an 894-bed academic medical center hospital that is the primary teaching affiliate for the Feinberg School of Medicine and has nearly 1,900 affiliated physicians representing virtually every medical specialty. The hospital is ranked No. 1 in Chicago and Illinois, as well as 11th in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report 2015-2016 Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals, which ranks the hospital in 13 out of 16 clinical specialties. Northwestern Memorial is recognized for providing exemplary patient care and innovative advancements in a variety of clinical areas including cardiovascular care; oncology; neurology and neurosurgery; solid organ and soft tissue transplants; orthopaedics; and women’s health at its Prentice Women’s Hospital.

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (CDH)Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital is a 392-bed acute-care facility located in Winfield, Ill., that has provided quality healthcare to the residents of DuPage County and beyond for more than 50 years. The hospital has been recognized as a 100 Top Hospital by Truven Health Analytics and as one of the best hospitals in Chicago by U.S. News & World Report. With more than 1,150 physicians on the medical staff in 89 specialties, the hospital is a regional destination for such clinical services as oncology, neurology, orthopaedics, pediatric and cardiology. In 2014, the Ronald McDonald House near Central DuPage Hospital opened, becoming the first House in the western suburbs. The House provides a ‘home away from home’ for families of children being treated at the hospital or at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, the first and only proton center in Illinois.

Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (LFH)Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital is a 201-bed community hospital that has more than 700 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, located in Lake Forest and at its Grayslake campus, which also includes a free-standing emergency room. The hospital is ranked among Illinois' "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report and been named the Consumer Choice hospital in Lake and Kenosha counties for ten years in a row by National Research Corporation. In 2017, Northwestern Medicine will open the new Lake Forest Hospital which will include 114 private inpatient rooms, 72 outpatient care spaces, eight operating rooms and 483,500 square feet of new construction on its 160-acre campus.

Northwestern Medicine Delnor HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital is a 159-bed acute-care facility in Geneva, Ill., with a medical staff which includes nearly 600 physicians in 60 specialties providing comprehensive medical care. Delnor was the first hospital in Illinois to earn nursing Magnet® Status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the nation’s highest recognition for patient care and nursing excellence. The hospital is home to a state-of-the-art Cancer Center and its Breast Health Center was first to be recognized by the prestigious National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) through the American College of Surgeons.

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital is a 98-bed acute-care hospital in DeKalb, Ill., with more than 150 physicians members on the voluntary, community-based medical staff representing nearly every specialty. In 2007, Kishwaukee Hospital opened its Joint Center and in 2013 a Spine Center was added. In 2015, Kishwaukee Hospital’s Breastfeeding Center opened a human milk depot to provide donor milk to at-risk infants; it is one of the first four locations of its kind in Illinois.

Northwestern Medicine Valley West HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital is a 24-bed critical access hospital in Sandwich, Ill., that has served the Fox Valley community for more than 70 years. In 2014, construction of a new patient wing and renovations to remaining areas of the hospital were completed, including a new MRI suite that is home to one of the only large bore MRI in the area. Valley West earned 100 percent quality core measure scores by The Joint Commission three out of four quarters in fiscal year 2015.

Marianjoy Rehabilitation HospitalMarianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Northwestern Medicine, is a teaching hospital in Wheaton, Ill., with 100 acute inpatient rehabilitation beds and 27 Medicare-licensed sub-acute beds. Dedicated to the delivery of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Marianjoy offers specialty programs for adult and pediatric patients recovering from illness or who require intensive therapy to regain their function and independence. Marianjoy rehabilitation programs are: brain injury, spinal cord, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, stroke and neuromuscular. Marianjoy also has inpatient and outpatient pediatric rehabilitation programs and one of the only Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)-accredited pain management program in Illinois.

Northwestern Memorial Insurance CompanyNorthwestern Memorial Insurance Company is an integral part of Northwestern Memorial’s risk financing structure. It facilitates the provision of professional and general liability coverage to the hospital and its subsidiary and affiliated organizations, as well as professional liability coverage to Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, a multi-specialty physician group committed to providing quality care to patients as part of the medical staff at Northwestern Memorial. The physicians also are members of the faculty at the Feinberg School, where most are actively involved in research projects.

Northwestern HealthCare CorporationNorthwestern HealthCare Corporation contracts with managed care payors on behalf of the hospital’s medical staff, who are Northwestern HealthCare Corporation members, and coordinates efforts to ensure the highest quality clinical care and physician service. During fiscal year 2008, its 18 payor agreements provided 4 million Chicago-area residents with access to physicians on the medical staff at Northwestern Memorial.

Northwestern Memorial FoundationNorthwestern Memorial Foundation provides philanthropic support for Northwestern Memorial through fundraising and grant-making. During fiscal year 2008, the foundation raised $29.5 million and made grants of $38.4 million to hospital programs, research, education and community services. Grants made to community partners including Near North Health Service Corporation, Erie Family Health Center and the James and Catherine Denny Primary Care and Preventive Medicine Center at the Lawson House YMCA continue to improve access to quality healthcare in medically underserved neighborhoods in Chicago.

Northwestern Medical GroupOne of Chicago's largest medical practices, Northwestern Medical Group is a primary and multispecialty group of employed physicians with more than 1,000 physicians and other healthcare professionals with expertise in roughly 40 medical specialties and subspecialties. As faculty with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, physicians contribute to research and education as well as providing clinical care.

Each hospital continues to be recognized for patient safety and quality, and NMH, CDH, LFH and Delnor have achieved Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the prestigious gold standard for nursing care. The health system has also received numerous awards for consumer satisfaction, its inclusive diversity practices, and for financial stewardship for maintaining its superior bond ratings for over 30 years.

Dedicated to improving the health of the community it is privileged to serve, the health system provided more than $614 million in charity care and community benefit last year.